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A.V.GROUPE.

, CUFF BUTTONER.

No. 601,137. v Patented Mar. 22, 1898.

Witnesses. Inventor. Awf- \f Attorney UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANDREW V. GROUPE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO JOHN MURPHY, OF SAME PLACE.

CUFF-BUTTONER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 601,137, dated March 22, 1898.

Application filed April 29,1897.

T0 00% whom it may concern.-

Be it known'that I, ANDREW V. GROUPE, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cuff -Buttoners, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a device of simple and efficient construction whereby one of the members of a link button may be readily passed through the buttonholes of a cuff, as will hereinafter appear.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan of the blank from which the device is formed. Figs.

' 2 and 3 are face and back views, respectively,

of the buttoner. Fig. 4 is an edge view thereof, showing in dotted lines the position of the cuff-button. Fig. dis a rear end view of the buttoner enlarged.

The cuff-buttoner in its preferred construction is struck up from a single piece of metal to form' a tapering body 1, with inwardlyturned tapering edges or flanges 2, an elongated longitudinal recess or depression 3, and a slot or socket 4 at the base of the recess. The slot or socket is formed at the basal or wider end of thebody, and the recess is tapered therefrom toward the point of the device, so as to form on the back of the body a longitudinally-tapering rib. The flanges are turned or bent upon the inner side of the body in a manner to diverge rearwardly from the point of the latter, the wider ends of the Serial No. 634,341. (No model.)

flanges terminating somewhat in advance of of the cuff, the rib and the lateral flanges of the device thus gradually opening or spreading the holes to permit the entrance into the latter of the opposing end of the button ,whereupon the point ofthe device is grasped and the device, with the engaged button member, drawn entirely through the buttonholes. This being done, the device disengages itself from the eye of the button.

I claim The herein described and buttoner embodying a tapering body portion with inwardly-turned edges or flanges, anv elongated longitudinal recess or depression, and a slot or socket at the base of the recess, said flanges and recess tapering toward the point of the body and the rearward ends of the flanges terminating in advance of the slot or socket.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ANDREW V. GROUPE.

Witnesses:

H. L. OHEEsEMAN, JOHN R. NOLAN. 

